diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-san.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-san.yml
index da2de23e4d3ec18..f4b23eed8bff573 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-san.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-san.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         if [ "${SANITIZER}" = "TSan" ]; then
           echo "TSAN_OPTIONS=${SAN_LOG_OPTION} suppressions=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/Tools/tsan/suppressions${{
-              fromJSON(inputs.free-threading)
+              inputs.free-threading
               && '_free_threading'
               || ''
             }}.txt handle_segv=0" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
           || '--with-undefined-behavior-sanitizer'
         }}
         --with-pydebug
-        ${{ fromJSON(inputs.free-threading) && '--disable-gil' || '' }}
+        ${{ inputs.free-threading && '--disable-gil' || '' }}
     - name: Build CPython
       run: make -j4
     - name: Display build info
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         name: >-
           ${{ inputs.sanitizer }}-logs-${{
-            fromJSON(inputs.free-threading)
+            inputs.free-threading
             && 'free-threading'
             || 'default'
           }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
index 07c7c586c6931bf..03deb348f3a2337 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         --config-cache
         --with-pydebug
         --with-openssl="$OPENSSL_DIR"
-        ${{ fromJSON(inputs.free-threading) && '--disable-gil' || '' }}
+        ${{ inputs.free-threading && '--disable-gil' || '' }}
     - name: Build CPython out-of-tree
       working-directory: ${{ env.CPYTHON_BUILDDIR }}
       run: make -j
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-windows.yml
index 919ab4a4fb33b7c..74ee4513fb6b1c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-windows.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
         .\\PCbuild\\build.bat
         -e -d -v
         -p "${ARCH}"
-        ${{ fromJSON(inputs.free-threading) && '--disable-gil' || '' }}
+        ${{ inputs.free-threading && '--disable-gil' || '' }}
       shell: bash
     - name: Display build info  # FIXME(diegorusso): remove the `if`
       if: inputs.arch != 'arm64'
@@ -55,5 +55,5 @@ jobs:
         .\\PCbuild\\rt.bat
         -p "${ARCH}"
         -d -q --fast-ci
-        ${{ fromJSON(inputs.free-threading) && '--disable-gil' || '' }}
+        ${{ inputs.free-threading && '--disable-gil' || '' }}
       shell: bash